Monday, November 30, 2009

Upcoming Events:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NEW! December 5, 2009: Monthly club meeting that was postponed from November. This meeting will begin semi-promptly at 3:56pm (time requested by Andy) at Portillo’s on Butterfield Road, ½ mile East of I-355 in Downers Grove. Agenda includes Winter Picnic, Elections, British Car Swap and Spring Fling, plus whatever serious or extraneous club business you want to bring up. If it snows, we will hold the meeting inside this year.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NEW! December 12, 2009: The Christmas Light Tour. A cool Toys For Tots Rallye. See Wheels Rallye Team Website for more information: Link (Scroll down a bit)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2010 Elections. Anyone interested in running for office for 2010 should contact Ferb or Andy. If no one is interested in running, existing officers may be re-elected. Consider yourself warned!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Winter Picnic: The club is soliciting recommendations for the location of the 2010 Winter Picnic. Please send suggestions to Andy or Ferb or Jeanne or Kevin, or come to the December meeting with your ideas, suggestions, offers, thoughts, plans, schemes, notions, concepts, strategies, opinions, deals, recommendations, submissions, theories, designs, proposals, assumptions or inspirations.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Unfortunately we have to cancel this year's M.I.N.I. Thanksgiving Dinner.Stay tuned for a possible event in December.

Minis In Northern Illinois will be hosting a Thanksgiving Dinner, Saturday, November 22, 2009 in Burr Ridge. The club will be providing the turkey, stuffing & gravy and would club members are asked to bring the "go with's". The time is tentatively scheduled for 3 PM for Dinner. Suggestions for what to bring are: pies (Pumpkin, apple or what ever??), vegetable casserole, rolls & butter, potato dish, Jello mold, relish tray & dip and don't forget cranberry sauce. This will be a BYOB ( bring your own bottle ).